Patrick Tam

Patrick TAM (1948, Hong Kong) is one of the directors from the Hong Kong New Wave, a flourishing period for the Hong Kong film industry during the eighties. Like many other figures from the movement, Tam began his career at Television Broadcast Limited, where he could experiment freely with TV dramas. Tam often questions dominant social norms and is interested in how Hongkongers experience the clash of Communist and Western cultures. Patrick Tam is considered the mentor of Wong Kar-wai and edited two of his films, one of which won him an award at Golden Horse Film Festival.